17/02/2017 (Agence Europe) – The EU28 current account of the balance of payments recorded a surplus of €17.8 billion in December 2016, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, published on Friday 17 February. The 12-month cumulated current account for the period ending in December 2016 recorded a surplus of €199.9 billion, compared with €144.1 billion for the 12 months to December 2015. The surplus of the goods account for the same period increased (to €148.5 billion compared with €110.9 billion in 2015), the surplus of the services account fell (€139.9 billion compared with €142.9 billion in 2015), the deficit of the primary income account decreased (down to €10.0 billion compared with €33.2 billion the previous year) and the deficit of the secondary income account grew slightly (€78.5 billion from €76.5 billion in 2015). (EH)